Bill Belichick, Patriots make sure Jets aware of frigid temperatures

It was 13 degrees at kickoff for New England’s game against the New York Jets, and the Patriots wanted to make sure their visitors knew it.

A thermometer was hung in the Jets’ tunnel on Sunday. New York players filed past on their way to and from the field before the game.

It was the coldest regular-season home game in Patriots history. They had a playoff game that was colder. It was 4 degrees with a wind chill that made it feel like minus-10 for a divisional game against the Tennessee Titans on Jan. 10, 2004.

There were other frigid Week 17 starts as well.

It was 11 degrees in Pittsburgh, where the winless Cleveland Browns were visiting.

The Jets walk past a thermometer on the way to the field for season finale vs. Patriots.

(Steven Senne/AP)

The kickoff temperature was 16 degrees in New Jersey for the New York Giants’ home game against Washington. It was the coldest game for the Redskins since it was 4 degrees in a divisional playoff win over Chicago on Jan. 10, 1988.

It was 19 degrees with a wind chill of 3 in Philadelphia, with Dallas visiting.

And all this happened on the 50th anniversary of the Ice Bowl in Green Bay. That game-time temperature was 15 below, with wind chill in today’s calculations at minus-48. The Packers beat the Cowboys 21-17 to earn a spot in the second Super Bowl.